Where did the expression XMAS come from? The history of the - TopicsExpress



          

Where did the expression XMAS come from? The history of the expression Xmas shows a surprising similarity to Christmas. You see, the letter X is the Greek letter “chi”. It is the first letter in the Greek word Χριστός. Here is the interesting discovery. That Greek word Χριστός is the word which in English is translated as Christ. The tradition of saying Xmas began about 500 years ago and the users were using it to still mean “Christmas”. They only said it by using the Greek abbreviation. Also note that the New Testament scriptures were first written in Greek before they were translated into English.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:25:21 +0000

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